Sen. Mark Warner Calls Out Anti-Muslim and Anti-Arab Hate on the Senate Floor — More Must Follow

On January 14, 2026, in Anti-Muslim Hate, Civil Rights, Issues, News & Views, Press Release, Region, USA, by admin

United Voices applauds Virginia Sen. Mark Warner for using his Senate floor address to demand that colleagues loudly and resolutely condemn Islamophobia and anti-Arab hate — calling it the kind of moral clarity public officials must show as harassment and violence against Muslim and Arab communities continues to rise.

Florida Lawmaker Replaces Anti-Shari’a Act With Something Far Worse. It’s Exactly What DeSantis Asked For

On January 9, Rep. Hillary Cassel withdrew her “No Shari’a Act” and filed HB 1471 — a sweeping bill that absorbs the anti-Shari’a provisions and adds the power to designate domestic terrorist organizations, expel students, cut off school vouchers, and prosecute supporters. A companion bill makes the process secret. It is exactly what DeSantis called for one month earlier.

ICE Is Using Tactics Developed by the Israeli Occupation Military — and That’s Not a Metaphor

The killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis is part of a broader pattern: ICE has formal training relationships with the Israeli occupation military, and pro-Israel doxxing groups are directly supplying names of activists for targeting by federal agencies.

Glasgow Rector Ghassan Abu-Sittah Cleared of All Misconduct Charges. The Case Was Never About Antisemitism.

A UK medical tribunal has cleared Palestinian surgeon and Glasgow University Rector Ghassan Abu-Sittah of all charges of antisemitism and professional misconduct — charges brought by UK Lawyers for Israel after he wrote a political opinion piece criticizing Palestinian elites.

Virginia AG Jason Miyares Is Using a Disputed Antisemitism Definition to Silence Pro-Palestinian Students

United Voices is calling on Virginia public schools to reject outgoing Attorney General Jason Miyares’ push to adopt the controversial IHRA definition of antisemitism — warning that using it to punish students who criticize the Israeli government would violate the First Amendment and trigger legal action.

Ben-Gvir Is Pushing a Bill to Silence the Muslim Call to Prayer Across Occupied Palestine

Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir is advancing a bill that would require government permits for mosques to use loudspeakers for the Muslim call to prayer — framing a thousand-year-old religious practice as a noise violation requiring police enforcement.

Britain Arrested Greta Thunberg Under the Terrorism Act for Holding a Sign That Said ‘I Oppose Genocide’

Greta Thunberg was arrested in London under the UK Terrorism Act for holding a sign reading ‘I support Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide’ — part of a wave of 2,700+ arrests under a designation that a High Court would later rule unlawful.

CAIR Sues DeSantis Over Executive Order Branding It a Terrorist Organization. The Constitutional Fight Has Begun

Eight days after Gov. DeSantis branded CAIR a “foreign terrorist organization” by executive order, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group filed a federal lawsuit challenging the designation as unconstitutional. DeSantis welcomed the suit, saying he looked forward to “discovery — especially the CAIR finances.”

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